Automobile spring-supporting mechanism



Patented July a, 1923.-

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AUTOMOBILESPRING-SUPPORTING MECHANISM.

' 'Application filed May 11,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

"Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. BARRON, residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, and a citizen of the United States,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Spring-Supporting Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to platform spring equipment for Ford pleasure cars and trucks, and the particularobject in view is to provide mechanism for supporting the front ends of the side or longitudinal springs that will permit ready and quick installation, and that is independent of any superstructure.

With this object in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of structural parts, as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification, summarized in the claims,and

illustrated in the drawing. I l

. The invention is exemplified, in its preferred form, in the accompanying drawing, like reference characters denoting corresponding parts throughout the several views thereof. Briefly described:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improvements in assembled position relative to the longitudinal channels of the chassis or frame of the Ford car;

F igure2 is a sectional view on the l1ne 22, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; v v i Figure 3 is a view in end elevation; and Figure 4 is a detached detail view of one of the reinforcing members.

Referring, now, in detail to the drawing: 1, 1 designate longitudinal channels of the chassis or frame of the Ford .car. I The front end of each side spring 2 is supported, at its front end, by operative connection; as shown at 3.. with a vertical link 4. on a pin 5 received in a bearing 6 laterally carried by a hanger, which may be formed as a casting, comprising a tapering bottom 7, upright sideflanges 8', ,8, and a rear wall or vertical flange 9. Said bottom,

7 may be provided with astrengthening rib 10.- The rear wall 9 is' provided with a basal projection 11, forming a shoulder 11, which, when the hanger is inoperative position with respect to the channel 1, receives the lower front corner of said hanger, the

rear wall 9 of the hanger bearing against 1922. serial No. 660,062.

. the. vertical web of said channel, asclearly shown in. Fig, 2. I

' Each hanger is secured,.by mea'nsof bolts 12 passing through the rear wall 9v thereof, V to the flange 13 of each of two'angles, theflanges 14 of said angles beingbolted together, upon assembly of the parts, as shown at 15. i v I In order to prevent warping andtwisting out of shape of the channels 1, 1. under strain and stresses, I provide a reinforcing, bridge, which is d sposed between sa d channels, and which comprise'stwo angle-bars 16, 16, disposed side by side and united, in

the assembled position of the parts, by bolts 17 passing through the depending flanges 18 thereof; The angle-bars 16, 16, rest at their ends, upon the tops of the flanges 14, and,

for this purpose, said ends ofthe angle-bars.

andsaid tops of the flanges 14 are corre-.

u i Preferably, two strengthening or reinspondingly beveled, as shown at 20.

forcing corner plates 19, 19, which maybe triangular in outline, as shown, are inter-.

posed between the depending fianges118, 181' of the angle-bars 16,16 and between .the

flanges 14 of the angles 13, and are secured in operative position by the bolts 15 and 17, previously referred to;

In order to make a mechanical and rigid I,

construction, and also to preventworking loose, of structural parts, I have provided what I call a filler-member, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4, comprising a top and bottom 20 and 20' and ends 21, 21, the latter projecting beyond the top and bottom, on

each side thereof, forming lips 22. This filler-member is adapted to'be disposed in the channel 1, as shown in Fig. 2, two of i I I edges said lips 22 bearing against the outer of the flanges 13 of the angles 14.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. The combination with the longitudinal chassisohannel' of an'automobile, of a sidespring supporting-hanger disposed on one side ofsaid chassis-channel and bearing,

vthereagainst, hanger-supporting means disposed on the other side of said chassis-ohannel,'. fastening connections between said hanger and said hanger-supportmg means,

and a filler-member disposed in said chassischannel and comprising a top and bottom" and two ends, the latter projecting beyond the top and bottom at one side thereof, to form lipsbearing againstsaid hangersupporting means.

2. The combinatlon with tWo longitudinal chassis-channels of an automobile, of a sidespring supporting-hanger disposed on one side of each of said chassis-channels and "hearing thereagainst, hanger-supporting anconnecting said angleebars and comprising two angle-bars resting,.at their ends, upon the top of said first-mentioned angle-bars, reinforcing-plates interposed between said bridge angle-bars and said first-mentioned angle-bars, and securing means passing through said bridge-members and said reinforcing plates'and through said first-mentioned angle-bars. and said reinforcing plates.

In testimony whereof I'hereunto aflix my I signature.

NDREW J. BARRON; 

